'True Blood's' Chris Bauer: 'Andy as a portrait of an addict is pretty accurate'

'True Blood's' Chris Bauer: 'Andy as a portrait of an addict is pretty accurate'

When "True Blood" made a year time jump into Season 4, a lot of characters were doing something completely different from when we last saw them in Season 3 and Chris Bauer's Sheriff Andy Bellefleur was no exception. His V addiction has ramped up Andy's already-explosive personality."As soon as Season 4 opening, it was pretty obvious he was deep into the effects of vampire blood. I think he's been at it pretty hardcore for awhile," Bauer tells Zap2it. He laughs as he adds, "I may be testing yours and a lot of the audience's patience" with the V addiction storyline.But Bauer also says (and we agree) that while "True Blood" can be lighter fare, it really is portraying a serious subject matter in Andy's drug addiction."I think for all of the comic book-type action and energy of 'True Blood,' some situations are paradoxically pretty deep. Andy as a portrait of an addict is pretty accurate....